Page Summary: Multitasking is a hoax - clever techniques mean that your CPU is shuffling between lots of tasks, but doing them one at a time. We take multithreaded code for granted, but what's needed to make it work properly?
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Multitasking is a hoax - clever techniques mean that your CPU is shuffling between lots of tasks, but doing them one at a time. We take multithreaded code for granted, but what's needed to make it work properly? "If your name's not down, you're not coming in!" - How the CPU's "Bouncer" keeps some memory off-limits.
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- Multitasking is a hoax - clever techniques mean that your CPU is shuffling between lots of tasks, but doing them one at a time.
- We take multithreaded code for granted, but what's needed to make it work properly?
- "If your name's not down, you're not coming in!" - How the CPU's "Bouncer" keeps some memory off-limits.
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